CURATED BY / April Pride

I am so excited about the ongoing series CURATED BY /.  The egCATALOG commenced with 100+ offerings and each month we will add dozens more.  As the eastern goods Creative Director, I am ushering in the series with my eight favorite pieces.   (Why 8? Eight is a number associated with prosperity and the infinite.)  I chose these offering based on how they look exclusively. Natural beauties, huh? Future CURATED...

Oxblood on Runway

The news from NYFW is that oxblood is the new neutral in fashion. We feel the same about oxblood for your home. A little red, a little brown, a little orange, I dare you to pair.  I like groupings of threes and this coordinated trio shows how purple an oxblood glaze can be as compared to the less variant center vase. -xXx, april

Blanc de Chine

With its origins in the Ming Dynasty and replicated by Meissen, high-fired porcelain with an unadorned white glaze is a staple in the East and the West. Termed blanc de chine or "Chinese white," vast quantities were produced in China for export.  Below are examples from eastern goods collection that represent both China (trio of figures) and Japan (large censer).

Losel Dolls

Lucia purchased her collection of five Losel Dolls on August 19, 1987 as a show of support to the Dali Lama's Save Tibet campaign. Tibetan monks of the Drepung Loseling monastery have crafted these since 1983 as a way to preserve the tradition of Tibetan costumes.  In the years that followed, the Dali Lama began marketing these for sale to raise funds for Save Tibet.  The body of each doll is...

Sancai

Sancai is literally translated into "three." Sancai stoneware is a clay base formed and then glazed with three primary colors. While any three colors maybe married, the traditional Sancai palette includes green, yellow/gold and brown; yellow, green and black; or yellow, brown and blue. Below are the vintage pieces featured in the eastern goods collection that are adorned with a Sancai glaze.                 ...

Tang horse

Thanks to my mother-in-law, I am the proud owner of a collection of vintage Architectural Digest and Connoisseur magazines.  I scan the pages for inspiration from a time when people really decorated in layers and with antiques.  The T'ang horse is a fixture in these pages, which present a well-styled homes. It was this advertisement though that captured the statement one can make with a grouping of the right iconic piece. The T'ang is...

A Colorful Life

The first curated catalog of antiques and vintage pieces from eastern goods best represents the fruits of Lucia's colorful life full of travel, design and enterprise.  When you are young, people share the adventures of their life often times on deaf ears. Typically it takes a life lived to appreciate the years hard earned by others. Lucia Lawrence was introduced to me at a pivotal time in my own life. With a...